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Svetlana Alexievich wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

BywheatonwireOct 14, 2015
Svetlana Alexievich wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

  On Thursday Oct. 8, Svetlana Alexievich was the fourteenth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature by the Swedish Academy. An adamant…

Bombing Syria is the way to celebrate – Happy birthday, President Putin

BywheatonwireOct 8, 2015
Bombing Syria is the way to celebrate – Happy birthday, President Putin

President Vladimir Putin is often seen on Russian television, yet in honor of his 63rd birthday and his one week bombing-Syria anniversary, President Putin was…

“Winter is coming, Wheaton. Be prepared.”

BywheatonwireOct 6, 2015
“Winter is coming, Wheaton. Be prepared.”

From extreme heat to the bitter cold, this campus experiences everything in between on the weather spectrum. Yesterday’s crisp air is going to be replaced…

Wheaton granted an extension from the Department of Justice

BywheatonwireOct 4, 2015
Wheaton granted an extension from the Department of Justice

Wheaton is still feeling the pressure from the Department of Justice’s investigation. The investigation has asked for files spanning from 2012 to 2015 concerning the…

Wheaton’s Equestrian Team has first show of the season

BywheatonwireOct 4, 2015
Wheaton’s Equestrian Team has first show of the season

The Wheaton Equestrian competitive team is a club sport that gives students a chance to ride and showcase their talent. Yesterday, the team of twelve…

Abroad Blog: Thea Ziegler ’17; South Africa

BywheatonwireOct 4, 2015
Abroad Blog: Thea Ziegler ’17; South Africa

Studying abroad? Yea, it’s a little bit terrifying at first. You’re basically signing up to start over at a new university, and we all remember…

Don’t Panic: An advice column (week 2)

BywheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Don’t Panic: An advice column (week 2)

Dear Audrey and Emily, My neighbor makes a lot of noise having sex with her significant other every night around 2 a.m. She’s driving me…

Wheaton honors the memory of professor of Chemistry Bojan Jennings

BywheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Wheaton honors the memory of professor of Chemistry Bojan Jennings

Chemistry Professor Emerita, Dr. Bojan Hamlin Jennings (1920-2015),  passed away on Sept.  8 of this year. A member of Wheaton’s Chemistry faculty from 1943-1946 and…

Thank you, Viola Davis, for explaining ‘opportunity’

BywheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Thank you, Viola Davis, for explaining ‘opportunity’

The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity”, said Emmy Award winner Viola Davis last Sunday night. We could only expect…

Linda Eisenmann will step down as provost in June

BywheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Linda Eisenmann will step down as provost in June

On Sept. 16, President Dennis Hanno sent out an email informing the Wheaton community that Provost Linda Eisenmann would serve as provost until June 30,…

Shonda Rhimes changes TV

BywheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Shonda Rhimes changes TV

If you google “Shonda Rhimes memes,” the results are endless. Scrutinized for killing off a major character in one of her hit dramas, Grey’s Anatomy,…

Disclosure’s new album is okay

BywheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Disclosure’s new album is okay

In their highly anticipated follow-up to 2013’s Settle, the British brothers largely stick to the same formula that made them famous, although they don’t execute…

Natale ’16: Don’t defund Planned Parenthood

BywheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Natale ’16: Don’t defund Planned Parenthood

Defunding Planned Parenthood is a political game and if House Republicans were successful, we’d all be losers. On Thursday, the Senate voted to reject a…

Hannah Zack ’18 writes about living with a disability for Huffington Post

BywheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Hannah Zack ’18 writes about living with a disability for Huffington Post

Hannah Zack ’18 recently had her work published in the well-known online news aggregator, The Huffington Post. Her article, “Why We Need to Reshape What…

Beard and Weil Galleries tackle difficult subject

BywheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Beard and Weil Galleries tackle difficult subject

Beard and Weil galleries in the Watson Fine Arts Center are currently home to three exhibitions entitled “Unsettled: One Hundred Years of War and Resistance,”…

#IStandWithAhmed

BywheatonwireSep 30, 2015
#IStandWithAhmed

A fourteen-year-old boy brought a homemade clock to school and hours later the Texas teen was accused of creating a hoax bomb and arrested on…